Former President Donald Trump has promised to end the reign of dangerous Mexican drug cartels, and outlined future plans on foreign policy, during an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters and Trump’s running-mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.
During the interview, Trump stated it was “absolutely” on the table to destroy Mexican drug cartels if the election goes in his favor this November, despite Mexico being the U.S. largest trading partner.
“Absolutely…Mexico is going to have to straighten it out really fast, where the answer is absolutely. They’re killing 300,000 people a year with fentanyl coming in, and China by the way, will do what they have to do. They’re gonna do it just like I had to deal with President Xi…They [China] were gonna give the death penalty to anybody sending fentanyl our way, and that was part of my negotiation, ” Trump told Watters.
Trump added China never carried through with these plans, because the Biden administration did not enforce it.
“You know, China has the death penalty for drug dealers…and I said, ‘they’re drug dealers’…he [Xi] agreed with me. Death penalty for drug dealers, death penalty for people that send fentanyl into our country, and that would have made a big difference,” Trump said.
Trump noted the Biden-Harris administration is “soft” on China, and as a result, almost 100% of fentanyl has Chinese origin, and is then smuggled over the U.S. southern border by the cartels.
“Mexico is going to be given a very short period of time to police their border. I’m sure they’re going to do not well, and then you’re going to see the action start, and you know what’s gonna happen? We’re gonna have a lot of people living,” Trump said.
The drugs actually killing people are the opioids prescribed by doctors, not whatever gets in over the border.